Matthew 27:62-28:6

New International Version

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶² The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. ⁶³ “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’^{(A) 64} So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body^(B) and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”

⁶⁵ “Take a guard,”^(C) Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶ So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal^(D) on the stone^(E) and posting the guard.^(F)

Jesus Has Risen^(G)

28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene^(H) and the other Mary^(I) went to look at the tomb.

² There was a violent earthquake,^(J) for an angel^(K) of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone^(L) and sat on it. ³ His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.^{(M) 4} The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

⁵ The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid,^(N) for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.^(O) Come and see the place where he lay.